Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square313linkfedilinkarrow-up1776arrow-down117cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
arrow-up1759arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlinkarstechnica.comTony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square313linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
minus-squareAnivia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months ago Is it because latency does not scale in that way? Yes, your understanding is fundamentally flawed. Starlink adds a fixed latency on top, if you ping to a server was 2ms with fiber and 52ms with starlink, then your ping to a server that would be 100ms with fiber would be 150ms with starlink
Yes, your understanding is fundamentally flawed. Starlink adds a fixed latency on top, if you ping to a server was 2ms with fiber and 52ms with starlink, then your ping to a server that would be 100ms with fiber would be 150ms with starlink